Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator O'Neill for that question. Let me say that the Liberal and National parties have for some time formed a very strong and effective coalition. What has happened this week, after the Liberal Party elected a new leader in Malcolm Turnbull as Prime Minister, is that we have entered into a new coalition agreement, as is usual process. I am pleased to confirm for the Senate that the agreement reaffirms and reconfirms, in the main, existing and pre-existing policies and pre-existing budget commitments—